Clearing Land for Pasture - FHC Farm Bulletin #3
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- Опубликовано: 22 окт 2024
- Simple and inexpensive methods for turning woodland or forested areas into productive grass pasture for the small farm or homestead is briefly described in this third edition of the Farm Hand's Companion Farm Bulletin.
Be sure and subscribe to the Farm Hand's Companion channel and watch episodes of The Farm Hand's Companion Show as Pa Mac takes an undeveloped piece of property and turns it into a small subsistence farm.
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Thanks for everything you do Pa Mac! There's not alot of youtubers that I make sure to watch EVERY video, but you'll always one of the few.
We did that on my folks farmstead with goats and sheep and it worked great. Since they have passed away the farm was sold and the trees have reclaimed the former pasture. Have a great weekend and thanks for the memories.
Another excellent video! We are loving the farm bulletins.
Great video on clearing land for pasture and gardens. Thanks for sharing with us. Always great videos from your farm!! Fred.
Yay! I always love watching your videos!
Thanks! Many Blessings.. I'd like to see more videos from you. Have a wonderful day.
Great video, thank you for making these.
I started with goats seven years ago and turned a thick overgrown piece of my property into a great pasture.
Thank you for the free education! I'm starting my homestead in the spring and this video has given me more pointers and motivation than my wife. Subbed to your channel and will share photos after I get around to part 4!
Very nice video! Currently working on turning 5 acres of dense brush and large pines into useable pasture. It’s been a process to say the least but everything worth it after seeing the chunk of land cleared. Glad I’m not the only crazy one doing it by hand instead of using big machines.
Thank you for sharing!!!!!
Cheers for another informative and brilliant bulletin!
Hello Pa Mac, I love your content, because you show, that most important virtue is patience. Yes, you can pay or use heavy equipment to get rid of trees, but why? I wonder, do you have some special "intimate" relationship with some of your animals? When I was younger (20's) I had partial job around horses, still living in very old farm. Every morning, I fed, cleaned and milked our animals, and after that I went to neghbour, to feed his horses. One of them had very special relationship to me, she walked down, ate her breakfast and after that, she always came to me, as close as possible, to rest her head on my shoulder and enjoyed time, being touched, talked and handed. Very special and only one of them. Than I decided to train her to become puller, working horse. She was quite scared about all stuff hanging on her and so on, but always calm, as I was with her. On the other hand, with goats, as we had two, one was able to follow by word, other was always keen to do her worst. With sheeps - oh yes, they are willing to find quickes way to die, or be tortured to go, where I want. Nature of sheeps. But our cow, yersey, she was named Lisa, because she was very used to lick everything in her reach. Lisa (in Czech) means "to lick" (Líza). She had her head. She knew where and when to find someting to eat. Apples, peaches, young leafes. Very smart one. But never "follower". Just she stayed in her world of interest.
Really enjoying your channel , I am a subscriber , blessings
Excellent!
Great video, I always wondered about this
Animals can save you a lot of work clearing land
Pa Mac, can you do some small wood projects with your hand tools? Maybe show how to set up a hand planer blade? I'd love to see that. I know woodworking isn't the focus of your channel, but I don't have any other old timers of my own to ask.
We'll add it to the list, Big Phil! Thanks so much
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Do you have to worry about what the cows eat in the woods? Leaves that a poisonous?
Can I please borrow your goats. Thank you.
Hiya
0:17 - Grass crops are not necessarily *essential* for the running of any small farm or homestead. They are only needed if one hold animals. Vegan homesteaders will not hold animals, so need no such grassland. So not true in all cases.
So it "depends".
I am not trying to promote one way or the other, simply pointing out that words like "essential" need to be qualified. Better said: "if you have farm animals, then good quality grass crops are essential". Such a simple better crafted statement is true in all cases. Without taking any position on issues some may consider volatile topics. Simply trying to help. To keep such potential volatility out of your great videos and keep them soft and educational for all. Which is ideal.
Hope this helps.
I apologize for that, Saint Coemgen. I admit I don't know anything about vegans and didn't realize they don't ride horses or raise and process their own wool.